Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway or Beijing– Guangzhou– Shenzhen– Hong Kong Jingguangshengang high-speed railway from its Chinese name is a high-speed railway corridor high-speed railway of the CRH passenger service, connecting Beijingxi Station in Beijing and Futian Station in Shenzhen. 京广深港高速铁路 It crosses the border and follows Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section to West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong. It is 2,230 kilometres (1,390 mi) long, and is the only 京廣深港⾼速鐵路 Chinese high-speed railway to cross a border that requires immigration and customs clearance.[1][2][3] The existing, conventional Jingguang railway runs largely parallel to the line. The line forms part of the Beijing–Harbin, Beijing–Hong Kong (Macau) passageway, based on the "Eight Verticals and Eight Horizontals" railway master plan announced in 2016. Contents History Through-services with other high-speed lines A CRH380AL trainset departing Beijing for Shenzhen as Connections to local transport G71 Transfers to other rail lines Immigration clearance Overview Sections Type High-speed rail Station list Status Operational References Locale Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, External links Guangdong, Hong Kong Termini Beijingxi (further: Fengtai Station) History Hong Kong West Kowloon Construction started in 2005. The Wuhan–Guangzhou section opened in December 2009, the Stations 47 Guangzhou–Shenzhen section opened in December 2011, the Zhengzhou–Wuhan section opened in Operation September 2012, and the Beijing–Zhengzhou section was opened in December 2012. The 36-kilometre Opened December 26, 2012 (22 mi) cross-border Shenzhen–Hong Kong section opened on the 23rd of September 2018.[4] The line is the world's longest high-speed rail route.[5] The high speed rail line cuts travel time by more than Owner China Railway half.[5] The line fully opened on September 23, 2018.[6] MTR Corporation Operator(s) China Railway High-speed Through-services with other high-speed lines MTR (Hong Kong section only) Depot(s) Beijing MU Depot Besides trains running between Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou and Shijiazhuang MU Depot Shenzhen, the railway also has direct service with other connecting high-speed lines. The direct Xi'an– Zhengzhou MU Depot Zhengzhou–Wuhan–Guangzhou–Shenzhen service started simultaneously with the opening of the Wuhan MU Depot Zhengzhou–Wuhan section in September 2012, as well as the direct interline service Xi'an- Changsha MU Depot Zhengzhou–Beijing, Taiyuan–Shijiazhuang–Guangzhou, Taiyuan–Shijiazhuang–Wuhan– Guangzhou MU Depot Guangzhou.[7][8] Future connections will include Fujian province destinations and possibly Hangzhou Shenzhen MU Depot with testing of the Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway commencing and soon to open. Shek Kong Depot Rolling CRH380A series Connections to local transport stock China Railways CRH380B To minimize disruptions to existing urban areas and provide large curve radii, the Beijing–Guangzhou China Railways CRH380D high-speed railway, similar to other such railways in China, was constructed in an alignment China Standardiazed EMU somewhat different from the existing Beijing–Guangzhou Railway. In most cities served by the high- Technical speed railway, its trains stop at stations built specifically for the new line, which are away from the Line length 2,230 km (1,390 mi) urban core and the city's conventional railway station. In some of the larger cities, it may take more 1 Track 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge than an hour to ride a bus or taxi from the city centre to the high-speed rail station.[9] gauge Most of the cities involved have improved the public transit access to the new high-speed rail stations, Operating 350 km/h (220 mph) or plan to do so. Guangzhounan Station is already served by Guangzhou Metro and Beijingxi Station speed served by Beijing Metro. Wuhan Station is served by Wuhan Metro's Line 4 and Zhengzhoudong Route map Station by Zhengzhou Metro's Line 1, both of which opened in December 2013, and Shijiazhuang Station by Shijiazhuang Metro's Line 3, opened in June 2017. 0 Beijing West 59 Zhuozhou East Transfers to other rail lines 84 Gaobeidian East Guangzhounan Station and Wuhan Station are designed as hubs for several high-speed railway (HSR) 139 Baoding East lines. Frequent service to Zhuhai is available at Guangzhou South, while a connection to Yichang can 200 Dingzhou East 244 Zhengding Airport be made at Wuhan. 280 Shijiazhuang Although the Beijing–Guangzhou HSR largely parallels the older conventional Beijing–Guangzhou Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan line, most of the HSR stations are located away from the local conventional train stations. Therefore, 323 Gaoyi West direct transfer to conventional (not high-speed) trains is possible only at a few stations along the route. 384 Xingtai East Among them are Beijing West (which is one of the nation's main passenger railway hubs), 437 Handan East Shijiazhuang, Wuhan (which has a few conventional trains, although fewer than the city's two other 496 Anyang East stations, at Hankou and Wuchang), and Guangzhoubei. 542 Hebi East 595 Xinxiang East Yellow River Immigration clearance 663 Zhengzhou East As Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong portion of the high speed Zhengzhou–Xi'an 744 Xuchang East rail passes through an immigration control point. The West Kowloon Terminus was designed to allow 799 Luohe West both Mainland and Hong Kong officials to conduct immigration control in Hong Kong,[10] but for 864 Zhumadian West several years there was an unclear constitutional issue as Mainland officials were thought not to have 917 Minggang East the constitutional authority to enforce Mainland law in Hong Kong.[11][12] In November 2017, the 960 Xinyang East Government of Hong Kong resolved this question by signing the Co-operation Arrangement for 1024 Xiaogan North Implementing Co-location Arrangement, designating a portion of West Kowloon railway station as the Hengdian East "Mainland Port Area" that would be subject to Mainland law.[13] Travelers coming from Hong Kong therefore pass through Mainland immigration and customs clearance before boarding their trains, Hankou allowing direct service to the entire Mainland high-speed rail network without having to stop at the Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge [14] Mainland-Hong Kong border. 1136 Wuhan Wulongquan East Sections 1221 Xianning North 1264 Chibi North Operational lines in the table below are marked with green background. 1346 Yueyang East 1416 Miluo East 1484 Changsha South Shanghai–Kunming Zhuzhou West 1591 Hengshan West 1632 Hengyang East 1687 Leiyang West 1766 Chenzhou West Lechang East 1896 Shaoguan 1966 Yingde West 2023 Qingyuan 2060 Guangzhou North 2105 Guangzhou South Guangzhou–Zhuhai 2136 Qingsheng Shiziyang Tunnel 2155 Humen 2191 Guangmingcheng Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen 2208 Shenzhen North 2216 Futian Guangdong Province Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong West Kowloon Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen– Hong Kong high-speed railway Simplified Chinese 京广深港高速铁路 Traditional Chinese 京廣深港⾼速鐵路 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Jīngguǎngshēngǎng Gāosù Tiělù Pinyin IPA [tɕíŋ.kwàŋ.ʂə́ n.kàŋ káu.sû tʰjè.lû] Yue: Cantonese IPA [kéŋ.kʷɔ̌ ːŋ.sɐ́m.kɔ̌ ːŋ kóu.tsʰók̚ tʰīːt̚ .lòu] Jyutping ging1gwong2sam1gong2 gou1cuk1 tit3lou6 Designed Top Length Construction Open Section Description speed trip (km) start date date (km/h) speed Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen– HSR Corridor Hong Kong high-speed railway connecting North with Central China, consisting of four See 350 2230 2005-09-01 2018 segments between below Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Beijing–Shijiazhuang section HSR from Beijingxi 2012-12- (further: Fengtai) to 350 281 2008-10-08 - (Beijing–Shijiazhuang high-speed railway) 26[15] Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang–Wuhan section (Shijiazhuang–Wuhan high-speed railway) 2012-09-28 HSR from Shijiazhuang (ZZD–WH) to Wuhan via 350 838 2008-10-15 - 2012-12-26 Zhengzhoudong (SJZ–ZZD) Wuhan–Guangzhou Section (Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway) HSR from Wuhan to Guangzhounan via 350 968 2005-09-01 2009-12-26 313[16] Changshanan Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Section Mainland Portion (Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express 350 2011-12-26 Rail Link) HSR from (GZN–SZB) (GZN–SZB) Guangzhounan to Futian 106 2005-12-18 308 200 [17] via Shenzhenbei 2014-07 (SZB–FT) (SZB–FT) Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Section Hong Kong Portion (Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express 36 Rail Link) (26 km 2018-09- HSR from Futian to West 200 2010-01-27 Kowloon in Hong 23[18] Kong) Station list Major railway stations are in bold. Travel time Tracks Location Total High-speed Station Metro served Chinese distance rail Platforms name transfers* by Prefecture/ Province/ (km) 250 km/h 350 km/h transfers* platform City Territory Beijing 0:00 0:00 Underground Beijing West 0 7 9 Beijing Beijing 北京西 (D2031) (G71) Cross City Railway 0:25 0:25 Zhuozhou East 涿州东 59 涿州東 (D2021)[19] (G527)[20] 0:30 0:30 Gaobeidian East 高碑店东 84 ⾼碑店東 (D2031)[21] (G567)[22] Baoding 0:54 0:41 Baoding East 保定东 139 保定東 (D2031) (G71)[23] 2:13 1:01 Dingzhou East 定州东 200 定州東 (D2021) (G567) 1:38 1:17 Zhengding Airport 正定机场 244 Hebei 正定機場 (D2031) (G6701)[24] 1:54 1:19 Shijiazhuang– Shijiazhuang 石家庄 280 3 Shijiazhuang ⽯家莊 (D2031) (G71) Taiyuan 2:12 1:38 Gaoyi West 高邑西 323 (D2031) (G563)[25] 2:39 1:58 Xingtai East 邢台东 384 Xingtai 邢台東 (D2031) (G563) 2:58 2:01 Handan East 邯郸东 437 Handan 邯鄲東 (D2031) (G71)